If you've never read 'The Grapes of Wrath,' the Garfield County library system wants to make it as easy as possible for you to do it.

In the scheme of things, the $111,400 that the National Endowment for the Arts delivered to Colorado arts organizations this week is a drop in the bucket — especially when you consider gargantuan gifts like the $2 million that CU-Boulder alum Roe Green donated this week to create a theater chair at the school.

The Foundation, located in Rifle, is one of 78 organizations nationwide to receive grants ranging from $2,500 to $20,000. The cash will go toward providing copies of John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Grapes of Wrath” to Garfield County library system users. Check out the full list of Big Read winners (and their books) here.

The bigger prizes went to a trio of Front Range and plains communities as part of the NEA’s Our Town grant program.

The 80 winners in 44 states — out of a total of 317 applicants — will get $4.995 million to help use the arts to transform their communities into more livable, interconnected places. (Sounds a little vague, right? Check out some examples on the NEA’s website).